Innov8rs

AUGUST 22, 2023

To succeed with corporate venture building, lean on one of the main resources you already have: your people. Christian has seen that the optimal balance would be to welcome 3-4 troublemakers out of 10 team members, with those other 6-7 to be more process-oriented project managers. The question really is – how?

Marketing 52

Marketing Roadmap Disruption Management 52

Moves the Needle

JUNE 3, 2016

Of course, speaking to customers about their problems without having any defined product or solution roadmap in mind may seem awkward and even scary to many corporate employees (especially engineers and product developers). Yet the predominant enterprise culture prevents and even punishes these bold behaviors.

Underperforming Technical Team 83

Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Disruption Marketing 83

David Marks

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Sales would lean on their channels to ensure better exposure to the new product. Everything the leadership of Nokia and Blackberry failed to do. Further the company should have a balanced portfolio of projects across different innovation horizons, and various areas of its value chain. But, as we know, this is not what happened.

Industry 49

Industry Innovation Management Management Technical Review 49

David Marks

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Sales would lean on their channels to ensure better exposure to the new product. Everything the leadership of Nokia and Blackberry failed to do. Further the company should have a balanced portfolio of projects across different innovation horizons, and various areas of its value chain. But, as we know, this is not what happened.

Industry 40

Industry Technical Review Innovation Culture 40

ITONICS

MAY 14, 2018

Even though it took 7 months for the founders to persuade Bosch leadership that their vision is doable, the startup developed a software with machine learning and analytics integrated within the networks of the retailer and the IoT application. The term comes from the English and is based on the Lean Startup Model by Eric Ries.

Company 57

Company Technical Review Software Review Innovation 57

David Marks

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Sales would lean on their channels to ensure better exposure to the new product. Everything the leadership of Nokia and Blackberry failed to do. Further the company should have a balanced portfolio of projects across different innovation horizons, and various areas of its value chain. But, as we know, this is not what happened.

Industry 40

Industry Innovation Management Management Technical Review 40

Moves the Needle

JUNE 3, 2016

Of course, speaking to customers about their problems without having any defined product or solution roadmap in mind may seem awkward and even scary to many corporate employees (especially engineers and product developers). Yet the predominant enterprise culture prevents and even punishes these bold behaviors.

Underperforming Technical Team 72

Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Culture Disruption 72

Boxes and Arrows

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

The adoption of Agile software development approaches are on the rise across our industry, which means UX professionals are more likely than ever to support Agile projects. No time is considered for design of the overall framework. Scrum teams jump into feature releases. They’re building inside out instead of outside in or holistically.”.

Agile 111

Agile Technical Review Software Review Development Team Review 111

ITONICS

APRIL 4, 2018

Having a clear strategy and a purposeful, structured process for implementing new business models and/ or gradually adapting existing ones to new business models will determine the success of digital transformation projects and company’s market position. Here, a good change management and adequate leadership are essential.

Technical Review 47

Technical Review Agile Roadmap Competition 47

Paul Hobcraft

JULY 25, 2016

There is a rub here, most transformation projects seem to fail. We need to encourage the ‘art’ of not just minimum viable product practices from lean practices, but far more importantly minimum viable transformation that has at its core validated learning, how it all interacts to form a cohesive innovation delivery point.

Technical Review 133

Technical Review Innovation Technology Engagement 133

Paul Hobcraft

JULY 25, 2016

There is a rub here, most transformation projects seem to fail. We need to encourage the ‘art’ of not just minimum viable product practices from lean practices, but far more importantly minimum viable transformation that has at its core validated learning, how it all interacts to form a cohesive innovation delivery point.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Innovation Technology Engagement 120

Innovation Excellence

JULY 3, 2020

As a result, some, often large, companies spend a lot of time and money on basic research or foundational R&D, only to find themselves having a hard time commercializing those projects, until they eventually run out of money or patience. But, there’s more to being too early than just technology. Wright’s Law.

Innovation 89

Innovation Industry Technology Strategy 89